Matt Steele has joined National Gas as the company’s first Chief Operating Officer, bringing extensive experience in energy, rail and infrastructure sectors

The British operator of rail infrastructure has unveiled the ‘UK’s first’ recycled plastic railway sleepers

Around 100 solar panels will supply renewable electricity to power the signalling and lights on Network Rail’s route between London and Weymouth

New staff incentivisation aims to help slash the track operator’s carbon footprint

  Network Rail is to trial free drinking water facilities at London’s Charing Cross train station in March, with the aim of reducing single-use plastic waste. The rail infrastructure operator seeks to encourage station users to refill their own reusable water bottles. The results of the trial will inform the deployment of water fountain facilities […]

KiWi Power has successfully been awarded a tender to manage Demand Side Response across the Network Rail estate. Initially, KiWi Power will be providing services in respect of Short Term Operating Reserve (STOR) and Transmission Network Use of System Avoidance (TRIAD Avoidance). However, this will later be expanded upon to include Firm Frequency Response (FFR) […]

Members of the public can drop off their old mobile phones at recycle points in central London’s Liverpool Street station all this week as part of National Recycle Week. Recycle “tubes” will be dotted around the station as “secure and sustainable” collection points for old handsets. Network Rail and phone operator O2 are behind the […]

The world’s largest solar-powered bridge was officially opened at London’s Blackfriars railway station yesterday. A total of 4,400 panels cover the roof of the Blackfriars Bridge across the River Thames and is expected to generate 900,000KWh of energy every year – half of the station’s electricity needs. They are also expected to cut carbon emissions […]

The busiest train station in the UK is set to cut its lighting costs by 35% with the introduction of a new “intelligent” lighting control system. The new system will allow Clapham Junction (pictured) to automatically dim the lights down when the station is not in operation or switch the lights off when the station […]

EDF Energy will supply Network Rail with low carbon electricity to power its rail network under a 10-year deal announced today. Believed to be the “biggest rail electrification programme in a generation”, the contract will see the energy firm supply 3.2TWh of electricity to Network Rail, which carries around three million passengers and tens of […]